5. The Price is Right

All eyes were on The Price is Right reboot when it graced our TV screens last Christmas.

Would its popularity be higher or lower (sorry) than the original series, viewers wondered.

The show ran in the 1980s and 1990s on ITV with Leslie Crowther at the helm before Sir Brucie took over.

The reboot of the legendary show saw Alan Carr take the reins as contestants attempt to win cash and prizes by guessing how much objects cost.

Surely this must have been proper bucket list territory for Alan Carr?

“This is proper bucket list territory for me,” said Alan Carr.

“I loved it when I was growing up and now for me to be at the helm of such a legendary show is a dream come true.”

Some critics questioned whether the show needed to be brought back – but praised Carr’s fronting of it.

“It’s an absurdly simple and lazy idea for a ‘new’ show, and I blame Alan Carr entirely for the fact that I will almost certainly watch it again,” said The Guardian.

6. Blind Date

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Before people chose their potential life partners by swiping right on a dating app, there was an age where romance was something that happened in person.

No honestly, look it up.

Blind Date, which ran from 1985 to 2003, saw a male or female contestant pose questions to three potential partners, whom they couldn’t physically see.

If the chooser liked any of the definitely-not-scripted answers given by the three datees, they could select them as their Blind Date, and would be promptly whisked off to a glamorous holiday destination.

Last year, the show returned for a second date courtesy of Channel 5, this time with Paul O’Grady taking over presenting duties from his friend Cilla Black, who died in 2015.

And Blind Date isn’t the only show that Cilla fronted which was brought back.

7. Surprise, Surprise

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Life may be full, full of surprises. But it’s evidently not full of TV formats which can be easily resurrected.

ITV clearly spotted the reboot potential in Surprise, Surprise – a warm-hearted show which, er, surprised members of the public – often reuniting them with a long-lost relative.

The highlight, of course, was Cilla getting to sing the theme song at the end of every episode.

It returned in 2012 with Holly Willoughby fronting the show. Sadly, she didn’t get to sing, but she did enlist a star-studded cast including Lionel Richie and Pharrell Williams to help surprise a whole new generation of viewers.

8. Streetmate

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Streetmate falls into an unusual category, as last year it was rebooted for the second time. A re-reboot, if you will.

It originally ran on Channel 4 from 1998 to 2001 – a set of circumstances which means it was naturally fronted by Davina McCall.

ITV2 then brought it back in 2007 for a short series fronted by the afore-mentioned Holly Willoughby, but it wasn’t renewed beyond its initial four episodes.

Last summer though, it was Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt who fronted it when it relaunched, again on Channel 4.

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The show saw Scarlett pick a member of the public who is single, and then help them approach potential eligible partners in the street to ask them out on a date.